Brit awards: Fashion on the red carpet

The Brits red carpet was dominated by black lace. Lily Allen did her determined best to upstage Lady Gaga - a near-impossible task - while Brave Cheryl Cole (copyright, red top newspapers) battled through the pain to prove her musical talent by an atrocious display of lip synching. Shiny suits abounded, and shares in fake tan sky-rocketed.
Kate Carter

Cheryl Cole was too distraught at rumours of her husband's phone bill to mime properly, or find her trousers. Still, between her and Lady Gaga the wax technicians of the world must be riding out the recession